Digital Development Debates - 02 Doing Business

issue 02, December 2010

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Dear Readers, welcome back to Digital Development Debates. First of all, we would like to thank you for all the positive feedback – it was wonderful to hear that our magazine was so well received. This second issue is all about "doing business" and we focus on issues such as corporate social responsibility, microfinance, fair trade and entrepreneurship in emerging and developing countries.

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Young african woman selling fruits (Inwent gGmbH)

Introduction

Today the role of business in development cooperation is more important than ever before, in industrialised and developing countries alike. Companies today have a particularly large influence on the process of globalisation...

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Man planting mangrove seedling (Inwent gGmbH)

Corporate Social Responsibility

Companies have great influence on the living and working conditions of their employees, on customers, the environment and economic atmosphere. This influence is coupled with responsibility, an important aspect of modern cooperate policy today not always viewed uncritically.

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Microfinance

While the triumphal procession of microfinance has been slowed somewhat by the financial crisis of 2008, microloans and microinsurance still number among the most important means of fighting poverty and empowering women in developing countries.

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Fair Trade

By now fair trade products have succeeded in breaking free of their niche status. Supermarkets have long understood the importance of fair-trade certification and many fashion labels are now following in their footsteps – proving that fair trade clothes can be both ethical and beautiful.

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Asian saleswoman on floating market (iStockphoto.com, enviromantic)

Entrepreneurship

From the perspective of developing countries, business and entrepreneurship is also growing. A variety of government development cooperation projects promote the founding of new businesses and help link female entrepreneurs with each other.

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10. Editorial

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